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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Innovation Morphological Analysis |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 1-3 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Morphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | IdeationInnovationCreativity | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange |
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